Banamba | |
Settlement Type: | Cercle |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mali |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Koulikoro Region |
Seat Type: | Admin HQ (Chef-lieu) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 7500 |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 190235 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Banamba Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Koulikoro Region of Mali. Its seat is the town of Banamba, which is also its largest settlement. It lies at the center east of the region.
Banamba Cercle is home to primarily Bambara farmers, and formed part of the pre-colonial Bambara Empire. The Cercle falls largely in the dryer Sahel region, especially in its north, where the population is mostly Fula and Maure pastoralists.
The Banamba Cercle is divided into nine rural communes:[3]